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By: May. 10, 2010
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Voting is fully underway for BroadwayWorld's 2010 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards, with thousands of votes already in and early leads established for some surprising and not so suprising early choices. Voting will continue through June 4, 2010 and anything can happen between now and then. In the meantime early leaders range from those overlooked by the TONY nominations to fan favorites. Check out the current stats below by category after the first weekend audit on the votes.

Last year hundreds of thousands of theatregoers and fans weighed in, breaking site traffic records, and further solidifying the Theater Fans' Choice Awards place as the largest and most popular online Broadway polling event of its kind.

So, without any further delay, click here to vote and view the full stats!

Best Book of a Musical
Joe DiPietro - Memphis 46%
Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer - American Idiot 31%
Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott - Everday Rapture 13%

Best Choreography
Steven Hoggett - American Idiot 49%
Twyla Tharp - Come Fly Away 8%
Bill T. Jones - Fela! 7%

Best Costume Design
Andrea Lauer - American Idiot 35%
Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott - The Addams Family 29%
Santo Loquasto - Ragtime 6%

Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Mayer - American Idiot 56%
Marcia Milgrom Dodge - Ragtime 11%
Terry Johnson - La Cage aux Folles 5%

Best Direction of a Play
Stanley Tucci - Lend Me a Tenor 15%
Sheryl Kaller - Next Fall 11%
Michael Grandage - Hamlet 8%

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Tony Vincent - American Idiot 30%
Michael Esper - American Idiot 14%
Stark Sands - American Idiot 10%

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Brian D'Arcy James - Time Stands Still 16%
Eddie Redmayne - Red 9%
Anthony LaPaglia - Lend Me a Tenor 8%

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Rebecca Naomi Jones - American Idiot 24%
Katie Finneran - Promises, Promises 21%
Angela Lansbury - A Little Night Music 16%

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Scarlett Johansson - A View from the Bridge 15%
Jan Maxwell - Lend Me a Tenor 12%
Alicia Silverstone - Time Stands Still 9%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
John Gallagher, Jr. - American Idiot 52%
Douglas Hodge - La Cage aux Folles 10%
Sean Hayes - Promises, Promises 6%

Best Leading Actor in a Play
Jude Law - Hamlet 14%
Denzel Washington - Fences 10%
Alfred Molina - Red 10%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth - Promises, Promises 18%
Sherie Rene Scott - Everday Rapture 18%
Catherine Zeta Jones - A Little Night Music 18%

Best Leading Actress in a Play
Laura Linney - Time Stands Still 13%
Abigail Breslin - The Miracle Worker 13%
Viola Davis - Fences 12%

Best Lighting Design
Kevin Adams - American Idiot 59%
Donald Holder - Ragtime 6%
Natasha Katz - The Addams Family 4%

Best Long Running Broadway Show
Next to Normal 20%
Wicked 18%
Billy Elliot 9%

Best Musical
American Idiot 63%
Memphis 9%
The Addams Family 8%

Best Off-Broadway Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 31%
Yank! 26%
The Scottsboro Boys 22%

Best Off-Broadway Play
The Tempermantals 13%
Orphans' Home Cycle 11%
Love, Loss and What I Wore 11%

Best Orchestrations
Tom Kitt - American Idiot 63%
William David Brohn - Ragtime 10%
Jason Carr - A Little Night Music 5%

Best Original Score
Music - David Bryan, Lyrics - Joe DiPetro, David Bryan - Memphis 31%
Music & Lyrics - Andrew Llippa - The Addams Family 29%
Music - Adam Cork, Lyrics - Lucy Prebble - Enron 6%

Best Play
Next Fall 21%
Enron 13%
Red 12%

Best Revival of a Musical
Ragtime 27%
La Cage aux Folles 21%
Promises, Promises 15%

Best Revival of a Play
Hamlet 19%
Lend Me a Tenor 19%
A View From the Bridge 18%

Best Scenic Design
Christine Jones - American Idiot 53%
Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott - The Addams Family 10%
Derek McLane - Ragtime 7%

Best Sound Design
Brian Ronan - American Idiot 60%
ACME Sound Partners - Ragtime 5%
ACME Sound Partners - The Addams Family 4%

 







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